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Modestospira poulseni

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4962914https://www.gbif.org/species/4962914
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)74608https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=74608
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sinuitidae : Modestospira : Modestospira poulseni
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Sinuitidae : Modestospira : Modestospira poulseni
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontinaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyBellerophontoidea
familySinuitidaeDall 1913
subfamilySinuitinaeDall 1913
genusModestospiraYochelson 1964
speciesModestospira poulseniYochelson 1964
Generic NameModestospira
Scientific NameModestospira poulseni Yochelson, 1964
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Modestospira poulsenispeciesbelongs to Modestospirastated with evidenceYochelson, 1964
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance472 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance472 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Motilityactively mobile (based on Sinuitidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Sinuitidae)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. L. Yochelson. 1964. Modestospira, a new Ordovician gastropod. Journal of Paleontology 38(5):891-898

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1964Modestospira poulseni Yochelson pp. 894 - 895 figs. pl. 145 f. 4-10
1989Modestospira poulseni Frýda p. 230
2017Modestospira poulseni Wagner p. 2915

References

Yochelson E. L. (1964) Modestospira, a new Ordovician gastropod, Journal of Paleontology 38 5, 891-898
Frýda J. (1989) A new species of Mimospira (Clisospiridae, Gastropoda) from the late Ordovician of Bohemia, Vestník Ústredniho Ústavu Geologického, Riho 64 4, 237-242
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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